THINGS SPEAK, FOUNTAINS BREATHE
Accesibilidad
Reduced mobility
Amplified sound
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Price
Free for groups
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Institution
This mediation program arises from the intuition that water does not only flow through fountains, but also through languages, memories, and bodies. The exhibition Lengua en coro, cuenta by Cristina Mejías evokes a territory where things speak, fountains breathe, and materials remember. The mediation program seeks to activate this sense of chorus, inviting participants to listen deeply to the installation and then imagine characters from a collective fable brought to life through role-playing. The activities aim to open up a reflection on water as an agent of communication between beings, bodies, and stories, and to spark imagination through creative exercises.
Aimed especially at students in the 4th year of secondary education and high school, as well as students in higher vocational training and art schools. Specific sessions will also be offered for senior groups and collectives engaged in reflections around water.
> Recommended age: 14 and up.
> More information about schedules and registration: educación@mataderomadrid.org
This proposal is designed and developed by Juan Pablo Pacheco.
About the artist:
Juan Pablo Pacheco Bejarano (1991) is a Colombian artist, writer, and educator who explores the intersections between ecology, technology, and spirituality. Through extensive research into the ecologies of water, digital infrastructures, telepathy, and fermentation, he has developed audiovisual, edible, editorial, and pedagogical projects—often in collaboration with other agents—seeking to amplify sensitive technologies beyond extraction.
He has worked with the Instituto de Estudios Postnaturales, Espacio Odeón, Plataforma Bogotá, and Escuela de Garaje. He has also taught at Javeriana and Andes Universities in Colombia, the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, and Elisava Madrid. His work has been presented at Momentum 13 (Moss), Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), Hordaland Kunstsenter (Bergen), Manifesta 15 (Barcelona), Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht), La MaMa (New York), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), ISEA (Barcelona), Transmediale (Berlin), Galería Santa Fe (Bogotá), and Museo Carrillo Gil (Mexico City), among others.